The ASA League will not initiate the signing of a contract with a fighter Albert Durayev but if he himself wants to return to the organization, this option is possible, ASA vice-president Aslanbek Badaev told .
On Tuesday, information appeared on the UFC Roster Tracker social networks (where changes in the league roster are tracked) that Duraev had left the organization. Duraev joined the UFC after winning a Dana White Contender Series tournament in September 2021. Duraev made his UFC debut in late October of that year, defeating Roman Kopylov.
The fighter’s statistics in the UFC are two wins and two losses. Previously, Duraev withdrew from the fight against Pole Robert Bryczek, which was scheduled to take place on February 10 in Las Vegas.
— The League will not attempt to recruit Duraev, but we cannot exclude that he returns to the organization where he was a double champion. I think he entered the UFC after he was past his prime. And it was no longer the same fighter who fought in Russia. And you shouldn’t judge him by his UFC record. He was capable of more. It’s just that by leaving the organization, he lost three years.
It is clear that its peak has passed. But Albert is an important part of the league. Therefore, I do not rule out his return, but I cannot say that it will definitely happen. To say that we will succeed is not one thing. But if Albert himself wants to return and expresses his desire… The league probably won’t be able to refuse him this, Badaev told .
Duraev performed at DIA (now ASA) from January 2015 to fall 2018. During that time, Duraev won the organization’s championship belts in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. From 2018 to fall 2021, there are no fights in Duraev’s stats.
All ASA and UFC broadcasts are broadcast live on and Match! Fighter”. The next ACA tournament will take place on February 9 in Moscow, in the main fight of which Russian heavyweights Evgeny Goncharov and Anton Vyazigin will perform. The broadcast of the ACA 170 tournament begins on at 9:00 p.m. (time of Moscow), on Match! Fighter” – from 7:25 p.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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